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PlaceWild Coast
… also as the Transkei , is a 250 Kilometre long stretch of rugged and unspoiled Coastline that stretches North of East London along sweeping Bays, footprint…
Document 16 - Letter from Clements Kadalie to E. R. Roux, 10 October 1928
… 10 October 1928 INDUSTRIAL and COMMERCIAL Workers Union of Africa (I.C.U.) NATIONAL COUNCIL … 53, Lensfield Road, Cambridge. Dear Roux Dr. Norman Leys,…
Document 11 - Second letter from Nelson Mandela to Hendrik Verwoerd
… I REFER YOU TO MY LETTER of 20 April 1961, to which you do not have the courtesy to … receipt. In the letter referred to above I informed you of the…
EventParliament addresses Soweto Protests
… Following the onset of the Soweto Uprising the previous day, Parliament met in an Extraordinary Session at the request of the leader of opposition, Colin…
EventArmistice negotiations are concluded during the First Anglo-Boer War
… Paving the way for the end of Anglo-Boer War 1 (Transvaal War of Independence or First Transvaal War), a provisional … armistice was agreed upon by General…
ArchiveUnomsa for African Renaissance by Thobeka Sinxo
… INTRODUCTION. Unomsa, by Guybon Sinxo, is a coming of age story about a gothic heroine, Nomsa Ntobeko, who … Cape to work as a teacher in the Karoo. BODY The…
Esau Mokhethi reburial speech by AZAPO President Cde. Koti Dikobo
… Prof. Masango, Rev. Raboroko and Rev. Vilakazi The family of Comrade Esau Tshehlo Mokhethi, Bataung, the Moeketsi family and all relatives. The Leadership of…
PlaceRooipoort Nature Reserve, Kimberley
… Situated roughly 70 kilometers West of the town of Kimberley in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa prime plains for game hunting. Rooipoort is a ……
EventThe burghers were victorious in their struggle against Cape Governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel and his officials
… 1707 a young man on horseback raced through the streets of Stellenbosch shouting "Victorie! Victorie!" - a sign that … men were released from their contracts…
EventSharpeville Deputy Mayor killed
… The Deputy Mayor of Sharpeville, Sam Dlamini was hacked to death by a group of youths, and doused in petrol and burned. The riots were in … poor education…
EventNP Natal Congress agrees to multiracial membership
… With the wind of change powerfully blowing in South Africa, the National Party under the leadership of young but politically experienced F.W de Klerk, called…
EventPretoria disputes compensation for Gaborone raid
… The government of South Africa disputed compensation claims from the government of Botswana for damages caused by the July 1985 South African Defence Force…
PlaceEastern Fort/Battery and Blockhouse, Chapman’s Peak, overlooking Hout Bay, Cape Town
… an invading military force. Consequently, towards the end of the 18th century, the area saw the construction of a number of fortifications, first at the foot…
PlaceAhrens, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… Railway Siding 16 km west of Greytown, on the route to Kranskop. It was named in honour of Wilhelm Ahrens, Principal from 1880 to 1906 of the School at…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Johannesburg
… as the subsequent owner) regarding the use, or purchase of the church near Friedebrug. The congregation found … to the congregation's dire financial…
PlaceMontagu Pass
… Pass in South Africa , and links George with the Village of Herold . Until the building of the Outeniqua Pass it was the main route between Cape Town … Pass…
PlaceGeneral Smuts House Museum, Doornkloof
… Smuts for over 40 years, Doornkloof in Irene, Southeast of Pretoria, is a unique museum that reveals much about the life and the spirit of this great…
PlaceOudtshoorn, Western Cape
… The division of Oudtshoorn was originally part of the District of George, and was proclaimed a separate division in about … The division of Oudtshoorn was…
PlaceWooden Bridge over Lagoon, Milnerton, Cape Town
… Brett Herron said; a tender for the Restoration of the Historic Bridge was expected to be Completed by the Middle of next Year, if there were no unforeseen…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Buitenkant Street, Cape Town
… rightly remarked that Miss Hertzog was the "mother" of this Church. This lady, after the death of her parents, decided to honor their memory in an … that was…
PlaceZambia
… came four years after the famous speech “The winds of change” by British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. The Country’s taste of independence emerged ten…
PlaceGugulethu Township
… 15 km away from Cape Town. The name is a contraction of igugu lethu, which is Xhosa for 'Our Pride'. This township … 1960's. The Group Areas Act (1950)…
PlaceBezuidenhout Valley, Johannesburg
… A Suburb of Johannesburg about 5 km East of City Hall, South of Observatory Ridge and North of Kensington Ridge. Takes its … New Dictionary of South African…
ArchiveNUSAS Congress 1984: Head Office report
… Report of the Head Office of the National Union of South African Students to the Annual Congress of the National Union, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg…
EventChris Hani is born
… Thembisile 'Chris' Hani, Chief of Staff of Umkhonto we Sizwe, military arm of the African National Congress (ANC) and General-Secretary …
EventThe Harms Commission officially restricts investigations into South African security force
… The terms of reference of the Harms Commission, which was to inquire into alleged murders and unlawful acts of the security forces, were laid out in a…
Event46664 concert is held in Fancourt
… South African 46664 concert, 46664 being the prison number of South African president Nelson Mandela during the apartheid era, was staged at the exclusive…
EventSouth Africa mandated to govern South
… The League of Nations, the world body formed after World War 1 in 1919, … (now Namibia). The mandate gave South Africa full power of administration and…
EventWork is stopped at the Kimberley mine
… work was stopped at the Kimberley mine after 43 years of operation. The mine became uneconomical to operate as it reached a depth of 1 083 m without yielding…
Birthday message by Albert Luthuli to Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo, 2 September 1955
… sincerely wishing you good health, strength and longevity of life, both for your sake and for the sake of the successful prosecution of our struggle for…